Below are the 2015-16 Salary Increase Program administrative guidelines. The program encompasses employees governed by Professional and Support Staff (PSS), Managers and Senior Professionals (MSP) and Senior Management Group (SMG) policy programs. As reflected in budgetary guidelines the targeted increase will be 3 percent. Our campus has chosen to utilize an across the board approach based upon eligibility criteria.

Questions regarding program implementation should be directed to Donovan Albright, Senior Compensation Analyst at 9-1328; Albright@ucsc.edu. Inquiries regarding program funding should be directed to Free Moini, Budget Director - Planning & Budget at 9-4304 or fbmoini@ucsc.edu.

Policy Covered (99’s - PSS, MSP and SMG)

Salary Increase Fiscal Year 2015–2016

Guidelines and Administrative Instructions

Eligibility

Senior Management Group (SMG) employees are eligible in accordance with the systemwide SMG Program.

Professional and Support Staff (PSS) and Managers and Senior Professionals (MSP) employees are eligible for a 3% salary increase if they are:

An active policy-covered employee with a career or partial-year career appointment as of June 20, 2015 for BW or June 30, 2015 for MO paid employees.

An active employee with a contract appointment which includes salary plan eligibility subject to PPSM Salary Policy 30 as of June 20, 2015 for BW or June 30, 2015 for MO paid employees.

Compensated at a rate that falls within the minimum and maximum of the assigned salary range.*

Exclusions

PSS, and MSP employees are not eligible for the 2015-16 Salary Increase if they are:

Casual/restricted appointments, i.e. Student employees.

Policy-covered employees not eligible under the UCRP guidelines, such as employees in limited appointments working less than a thousand hours in a rolling twelve month period or employees with per diem appointments.

Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement or under a different salary program contract, i.e. UARC.

Employees in a contract appointment which does not include salary plan eligibility subject to PPSM Salary Policy 30 as of June 20, 2015 for BW or June 30, 2015 for MO paid employees.

Exceptions

Principal Officers can approve employees to exceed the maximum of their assigned salary range to receive the 3% increase.

Effective Date

The effective date of the salary increase will be:

June 21, 2015 for Bi-weekly (BW)

July 1, 2015 for Monthly (MO)

Payout Dates

Prospective increase

BW will be paid out on the August 26, 2015 check for pay period ending Aug 15, 2015.

MO will be paid out on the September 1, 2015 check for pay period ending Aug 31, 2015.

Retroactive

Retro for BW pay period June 21 through August 1, 2015 will be paid out on September 18, 2015 via supplemental check.

Retro for MO pay period July 1 through July 31, 2015 will be paid out on September 18, 2015 via supplemental check.

Salary Structure Adjustments

There will be no change to the MSP or PSS Salary range structure.

Funding
The available pool of funds is 3% which will be used as follows:

All eligible employees, as defined above, will receive a 3% increase to annual base salary.

This salary increase is exempt from the 25% fiscal year rule.

Processing
The web merit system will be utilized to implement the salary plan increase. The program will calculate and pre-populate the 3% increase for all PSS, MSP and SMG eligible employees based on the above set criteria. Web Merit will be able to input the correct retroactive dates into PPS, however it will not be able to handle the retroactive increases. The retroactive increases will be coordinated with Campus Payroll. Rosters will be distributed to campus divisional offices once the salary increase process has been completed and after final audits.